Brian transferred to North Central College to major in music and was challenged by the rich opportunities that came his way.

A percussionist, he enjoys world music and performed with the College’s jazz ensembles. “But my real passion is composing,” says Brian, who plans to attend graduate school.

At North Central, he found a perfect mentor in one of his professors, a composer and expert in electronic and computer music. “It was so great to find someone with his level of expertise and knowledge.”

Brian had previously attended the National School of the Arts in Havana, Cuba. To finish his degree, he found what he was looking for in his hometown of Naperville and at North Central, where he also learned from a Russian composer-in-residence. “He expected work from us at the level of graduate students. I enjoyed studying with him.”